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a technology of a display device and a display screen, which is applied in the direction of semiconductor devices, semiconductor/solid-state device details, electrical devices, etc., can solve the problems of inability to achieve the effect of reducing the size of the channel, affecting the properties of transistors and diodes, and not being practical in the whole process. , to achieve the effect of increasing the film thickness of the photoresist pattern, high precision and controlling the channel siz

Active Publication Date: 2011-05-10
JAPAN DISPLAY INC +1
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Benefits of technology

This approach enables precise control of channel size and reduces manufacturing time and material usage by integrating the photoresist flow guidance into the existing photolithography steps, making the process more efficient and practical for forming large channel regions.

Problems solved by technology

However, adding a step for absorbing a surfactant makes it unclear whether or not the manufacturing process is shorter as a whole.
In addition, the above described technique does not seem to be practical, because back channel regions in the semiconductor layer pattern 10c become contaminated with the surfactant, and thus, there is a risk that properties of the transistors and diodes may be negatively affected.
However, it is expected that thicker films will be required for the photoresist pattern formed in the photolithography step, and more time for the reflow process, in order to form large channel regions with a channel length in the tens of micrometers to hundreds of micrometers, and thus, the technique does not seem to be practical for reducing the amount of photoresist material used and shortening the manufacturing process as a whole.

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[0079]FIGS. 3A to 3H are schematic diagrams showing part of the manufacturing process for a reverse stagger type thin film transistor formed in a liquid crystal display panel. Thin film transistors are not only used as active elements in pixels in the display region, but also as peripheral circuit elements in the non-display region. FIGS. 3A to 3H show a thin film transistor for use in a pixel as an active element, together with the peripheral structure. Here, in FIGS. 3A to 3H, the diagrams on the left are plan diagrams and the diagrams on the right are cross sectional diagrams along line X-X′ in the plan diagrams.

[0080]In the following, the descriptions follow the order of the steps.

Step 1 (FIG. 3A)

[0081]First, gate signal lines 14 are formed on a glass substrate 13 from a metal in accordance with a publicly known film formation technology, photolithography technology, etching technology and photoresist pattern removing technology. Part of these gate signal lines 14 functions as a...

second embodiment

[0097]FIGS. 5A to 5G are schematic diagrams showing part of the manufacturing process for a resistor element. The resistor element is formed in the non-display region of the display device as an electrostatic protective circuit element, for example.

[0098]In the following, the steps are described in order.

Step 1 (FIG. 5A)

[0099]First, an insulating film 26, a silicon film 27, a doped silicon film 28 and a metal film 29 are formed on top of a glass substrate 25 in sequence. The insulating film 26 is the same as the above described insulating film 15. The main component of the silicon film 27 and the doped silicon film 28 is the same as in the above described silicon film 16 and the doped silicon film 17, respectively. The metal film 29 is the same as the above described metal film 18.

Step 2 (FIG. 5B)

[0100]Next, as in FIG. 3C, a photoresist pattern 30a, 30b and 30c is formed in an upper layer of the metal film 29. At this time, pieces of the photoresist pattern 30c are located between p...

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[0107]FIGS. 6A to 6H are diagrams showing other embodiments of the present invention, and correspond to FIG. 1A.

[0108]The electrodes and the dummy electrodes in FIGS. 6A to 6H are different from those in FIG. 1A in a plane. In FIGS. 6A to 6H, 33 is a semiconductor layer pattern, 32a and 32b are electrodes, and 32c is a dummy electrode pattern.

[0109]In FIG. 6A, the above described dummy electrode pattern 32c is formed so as to include dummy electrodes of which the two ends protrude in one direction in which electrodes are aligned from the center.

[0110]In this case, the above described dummy electrodes form the dummy electrode pattern 32c, where the intervals between adjacent electrodes (including the dummy electrodes) are kept approximately constant in the longitudinal direction of the dummy electrodes. In addition, the electrodes 32a and 32b have such a form as to have a constant interval with adjacent dummy electrodes. This is the same for the dummy electrode pattern 32c and the pa...

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Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a display device where a semiconductor layer pattern formed between a pair of electrodes can be formed to a predetermined size, even in the case where the distance between the electrodes on top of a semiconductor layer pattern is relatively large in elements formed in accordance with a photoresist reflow technology. The present invention provides a display device where elements are formed on an insulating substrate, characterized in that the above described elements comprise: a semiconductor layer pattern formed on a main surface of the above described insulating substrate or an insulating film layer formed on the main surface; and a number of electrodes provided in parallel at a distance from each other on the above described semiconductor layer pattern, the above described number of electrodes are a first electrode, a second electrode and dummy electrodes located between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the above described number of electrodes are patterned so that a protrusion is formed, in which the above described electrodes are aligned at on least one end side of at least one of the facing sides.

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[0001]The present application claims priority over Japanese Application JP2008-148815 filed on Jun. 6, 2008, the contents of which are hereby incorporated into this application by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002](1) Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a display device, and in particular, to a display device having an electronic circuit on the display substrate.[0004](2) Related Art Statement[0005]Thin film transistors and resistor elements used as electronic circuit elements in display devices are manufactured by repeating a film formation step of forming various metal films, insulating films and semiconductor films on a glass substrate in plate form, a photolithography step of forming a photoresist pattern in order to give these films a predetermined form, an etching step of removing part of the films and leaving them in the region covered by the photoresist pattern, and a photoresist pattern removing step of removing the photoresist pattern.[000...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H01L23/52H01L23/535H01L21/336H01L29/786
CPCH01L27/124H01L27/1288
Inventor TAKAHASHI, HIROKIOHNO, SHIGERUWATANABE, KUNIHIKOUEHARA, JUNICHIUCHIDA, TSUYOSHIGOTOH, YASUKO
Owner JAPAN DISPLAY INC